SURF – Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program is one of many programs administered through the UNC Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) and designed to enhance the educational experience of UNC undergraduates by engaging them in research opportunities. Each summer, PPMH sponsors two students who are working on precision-medicine related projects.
| Year | Student name | Research mentor name |
Department | Project title |
| 2020 | Leo Pang | Sarah Linnstaedt | Anesthesiology | •Tissue specificity and timing of post-stress expression of the chronic pain-associated protein FKBP51 |
| 2020 | Fiona Wissink | Ageliki Tsagaratou | Genetics | •Response of the Immune Microenvironment in a Mouse Model of T-Cell Lymphoma |
| 2021 | Lauren Sidelinger | Flavio Frohlich | Psychiatry | •Using an At-Home EEG Device to Evaluate Intra-Individual Variation in Alpha Peak Frequency |
| 2021 | Roger Yu | Brian Button | Biochemistry & Biophysics | •Mechanism of Action of Mucolytics in Improving Mucus Clearance in Lung Disease |
| 2022 | Parnika Agriwal | David Williams | Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | •Discovery of novel drug-like molecules for the treatment of blood disorders from a combined in silico and NMR screen |
| 2022 | Ian Klevans | Mark Heise | Genetics | •Determining the Function of Novel Nonstructural Proteins in Chikungunya Virus |
| 2023 | Mia Fogelsong | Melissa Herman | Pharmacology | •Examining the Potential Role of the Central Amygdala in the Therapeutic Effects of Psilocin |
| 2023 | Katheryn Kapfer | Alisa Wolberg | Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | •Influence of Fibrinogen and Fibrin on Macrophage and Neutrophil Infiltration in the Lungs in SARS-CoV-2 Infection |